Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-01
THE BAPTISTS.
Yesterdays Proceedings OF the South
ern Baptist G0nfer6nce-feyerai
Able addresses Made.
Reparte Submitted from the Board of Mia
sionary DIR otors and the Trustees of
Baylor University.
MORNING SESSION.

MORNING SESSION.
Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, Sept. 30.-The Southern
Baptist Convention was called 20 order
this morning st o'clock BIZ the mOders-
tor. Pr4yer by Rev. Z. c.. Kellts. Min
utes Of yesterdays meeting read and sp-
proved.
Dr.. Tichenor of the Board Of Home
Missions OF Georgia, and Rev. j. S.
Moroe eff tae Indian Territory, were en-
rolled as correspondents and visitors.
The committee on credentials made
their report which was received and re-
ierred back 20 me committee for corrcc-
ton. Rev. j. S. Moroe OF She Indian
1erritOry mission, Was called upon 20 Gd-
dress the Convention while the Commit
tees were preparing their reports. o. the
work il the Territory he reports 100 Bap-
fist churches viii total mem ership OF
1853 aud only $50 ministers. He says h!s
people need Baptist schools to educate
the young men among the Indians, that
they now have only four schools under
the charge OF his church
Committee on home missions reported
Sl20, 600 collected and expended in home
mission WORK, $50 ministers employed.
Rev. Ticheaor, representing Atlanta
Board of Home MlSsi3Is of The Southern
Baptist convention, WSs called TO the
stand and made an eloquent address on
the church, itg prosperity and it's pros
poets. He ss!d that America wss the
only country that ever gave the Bsptist &
chance; t1Gt the Baptist church Was now
on trial and that they must bes.ir them
selves. The truth OF God and Interest of
! His work demand that the BAPTIST church
must occupy these fields, where Baptist
arc or SqGal footing Nth other churches.
He said BRp,isLs had made glorious
figbt for prohibition, as their record
shows but Baptist principles were even
more Important THAI the subsidiary prin
ciUles, however important they msy be.
He also spoke OF the missionary work ia
the Ind N Territory.
After singing "TAa Morning Light is
Breaking" Rev. r G. Hanks suggested
that they raise the $500 wanted by Rev.
MOrGe for the school house Of AsOka,
l. I. The money vas raised.
Rev. a. j. Holt, superintendent Of
missions, read the following report of
board of directors Of the missionary de
| partmeDt;
/ We began our work With inadequate
provisions for It's maintaineuce. We
Bap1ist5 OF the state had, before the con-
sulidation, been receiving outside aid to
the amount of 500 600 annually. The
! paSt fifteen months we have received but
/ $4,000 from outside sources.
At Waco nc sufficient opportunity was
allowed for the securing OF pledges.
The pledges shat were received wers
for year Of twelve mouths, and we have
had tO lake them stretch cut to hfteeE
months.
The work OF consolidation was only in.
augurated at Waco, and TO us vas left
the'ditliCult task of organization.
The unfortunate burden Of indebted
ness, entaiIed Dy ole of the consolidating
bodies, was much lsrger than was st frs
supposed, and We have had no little diff
Guilty in determining as TO the rea
amount and in making collections for i'll
liquidation.
Two summers OF unprecedented droull
have dried up much of our resources, ant
grestly hardened our work.
There has been d general disorgauiza
ton going on among US, in order to thC
formation of county associations, anC
this has necessarily disrupted some Of gu
plans OF work.
most exciting Prohibition campaign
has swept over our state, and this na
absorbed the means and efforts OF nan,
OF our people.
We began with eighty missionaries anC
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